Creativity with Insects
As you can see from the photographs posted on my website, I am in love with the natural world. Many works of art try to mimic the colors, shapes, and movement of our own environment, but I think nothing can compare to the actual thing. The mysteries shrouded under the water ripples, birds calling through the bushes that conceal their location, the buzz among the garden flowers. Capturing these moments, these snapshots of our environment, bring to light the wonders that many p
Shooting Macrophotography
My solo exhibition Wonders of Wisconsin: A Study on Insect Macrophotography was partially inspired by the work of Sam Droege, a member of the United States Geological Survey at the time. His position was to photograph animals using a technique called focus stacking. In order to do this, images with very narrow depth of field are taken along the entire insect body, and each image is focusing on a slightly different part of the insects. Then, using Photoshop or ZStack, these im
Merging the Gaps of Art and Science
Welcome to my website and new blog! I am incredibly excited to share with you some posts about merging the arts and the sciences. Over the past years I have worked to tighten the perceived gap that exists between the so-called hard academia and the more whimsical artistic expressions. My undergraduate senior Honors in the Arts exhibition opening took place in May of 2014. This exhibit, titled Wonders of Wisconsin: A Study on Insect Macrophotography, centered around the small
